School me on the 6.7 Ford

[Mach1]

Just picked up a 2016 DRW F350 6.7, 113k miles, 2900eng hrs.
I am hearing horror stories about 10k fuel system repairs due to bad tank of gas, do I need to drop $600 on a aftermarket water separator? I am not concerned about tuning the truck has plenty of power as is, just want it to be reliable as possible, any other issues, radiators every 100k? Best oil, any additives to use, etc. This truck has a 90 gal tank in the bed too, I hear that's not ideal for the water in fuel situation.

[Mach1]

I am reading the bosch hpfp's are junk, going to use the ford additive I guess in the future to lube it as much as possible, fill up only at truck stops.

[Baron Von Crowder]

are you friends with Greenbullet- Paul on facebook?

[Mach1]

are you friends with Greenbullet- Paul on facebook?

I don't think so, I have his number though.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I don't think so, I have his number though.

he works on them for a living, he can tell you what to and not to do.

[Mach1]

he works on them for a living, he can tell you what to and not to do.

Awesome, thank you.

[Strychnine]

I am reading the bosch hpfp's are junk, going to use the ford additive I guess in the future to lube it as much as possible, fill up only at truck stops.

are you friends with Greenbullet- Paul on facebook?

Just for fun, if Paul has anything to say about the Bosch CP4.2 HPFP, would you copy/paste it here? I have a feeling he's going to say use a lubricity additive, but still curious.

[Gasser64]

They still got the ceramic turbo bearings that burn up in that year model?

[Mach1]

He said drive it and do the maintenance and not worry about it, Routinely sees trucks with 300 K plus, didn’t mention using an additive either, I will probably put the Ford additive in there just for insurance

[fordracing19]

He said drive it and do the maintenance and not worry about it, Routinely sees trucks with 300 K plus, didn’t mention using an additive either, I will probably put the Ford additive in there just for insurance

Good to know. I have a 15 with 50k miles.

[Samhain]

He said drive it and do the maintenance and not worry about it, Routinely sees trucks with 300 K plus, didn’t mention using an additive either, I will probably put the Ford additive in there just for insurance

I have a 2011 SRW with 140K. Batteries and maintenance are all I've had to do. Do yourself a favor and use a strap wrench on the LP filter under the cab. If you use a socket you'll likely crack the housing and get a diesel bath.

[JPM]

I put a fuel bypass kit on my brothers 2015 from Sinister diesel or someplace like that. It replaced the top portion of the pump to redirect fuel to the filter then the rails. It keeps the debris out of the lines and injectors when the fuel pump takes a shit, drastically lowering the price of the repair. That is my understanding.

[GrayStangGT]

Do yourself a favor and use a strap wrench on the LP filter under the cab. If you use a socket you'll likely crack the housing and get a diesel bath.

First time I changed the one on my 2011 I did exactly this, then I still couldn't get the remaining pieces off with a strap wrench. Ended up having to pull the whole pump out of the truck and put it in a vice and finally got the broken housing off.

[dblack1]

I have a 14, 15, and 17.

The oldest two are deleted.

I'd delete as soon as your filter or other components give you grief. I've got a 13 Dodge with 90k miles and it was cheaper to delete than repair the issues.

They are good trucks. Have a bud that had a 13 Ford with 220k and no out of pocket repairs. Better than my dodge that needs ball joints at 90k miles.

[Mach1]

Good stuff, I went ahead and got a dieselsite water separator for insurance. I need to get a full OASIS on it, the one the dealer sent me doesn't look complete but it looks like it has been a trouble free truck.